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IMPBOVED SELF-SKIMMING SORGHUM- BVAPRATOB.

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I TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, L. D. PENY,of Luura,county of Miami, and State of Ohio, have invented a Self- Skimming Sorghum Evaporator; ond I do hereby declare the following .to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the'letters of reference marked thereon,muking a part of this specification, in which I I Figure 1 represents a top view of the evporator; and

Figure 2V a longitudinoi sectional View of the evaporator, with the furnace underneath.

A represents the pan, intended to be made about five inches in height, and contains four divisions or apart'- ments, numberedl, 2., 3,4. The'opening No.' 1 carries o' all the green skimmings, opening No. 2- carries olf all the brown skimmings; `opening No. 3 carries ofthe white skimmings er foam, leaving the molasses, clear of any scum or sediment foreign to it,to be passed through the gate B in the last division, to be finished and drawn o' at the spout C. .At each opening a spont, -D, passes olf the skimmings by the trough E. I have a iire surf face, a furnace, J, under the' whole bottom f the pon. The boiling of the juice all over the bottom of the -pan causes it to rise and force .the scum out Aover the openings in the sides of the pan, and thus the scum passes 0E. The pan rests on the top of the furnace atan incline, so that the juice can pass through the openings H at each prtition, until it passes through the gate B, and is discharged at the spout C. 'l I By my invention one man can do the'work of three men, es no skimmers are needed, as the juice passes in a. regular flow from the 'first opening to the last opening, and is discharged at the spout C, completely sepa.- rating and freeing itself of the scum. u l

What I claim as my invention, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is-' The pan A., as constructed with the divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, gate B, skimming openings D, and .trough E, when arranged, combined, and operating as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

L. D. PENY.

Witnesses SOLOMON BOEKWALTEB, Cms. Fna. 

